Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-16
FRIDAY. .SEPTR l6, 1887.
Shcrmar's Record.

crs IN Virginia, yet as distinguished AT
the bar as on the hustings, was of
course not intended for publication.
We give it, however, in order that We
may explain to him, and to many others
who request at our hands services like
those which he asks, that it is impossi-
BILE for MS to rccolcct months or even
weeks afterwards the dates of the IS
sues Of our paper in which appeared
the articles which We are requested TO
reproduce.
10 the Editor Of the Dispatch:
John Sherman has delivered two
speeches one North, the other South
directly antagonlstic. One was made
at Nashville have forgotten where
the Other WAS made. Both were pub
Eshed in your paper l have mislaid
the paper containing the northern
speech. | need II very much in the
canvass. wrote you some time agore-
questipg YOU to repubhsh the northern
speech, but, as is MT your usual Gus
tom, you have paid no attention TO my
letter. / avail myself of the privilege
Of an old friend 10 renew that request.
1t is not pleasant to look over for
weeks and months the files OF news
paper and if We DO look, as we did to
find the paragraphs we are about to
quote, at every issue Of the Djspatch
for three or four months, and succeed
in finding the object Of our search, then
unless We can find an unbound stray
copy OF that date, the services of clerk
must he called into rcquisition, as of
course We cannot cut our files.
This by way OF apology TO our good
friend and others Now that We have
found at least one oi tine extracts which
our friend asks for, wc are inclined to
ask his pardon.
Now for SHERAfAS' 5 record.
First let us quote paragraph which
shows his principle, or rather, want of
principle. On the 9th of April, 1891,
in the United States Senate, Mr.. SHEE-
MAN made a speech in favor of the cleo
ton of Mr.. RDDLrrEEGER to a lucra-
tive Office in that body, and in the
course Of his speech said:
"If the election of Riddleberger
will enable us to break up the power of
the Bourbon Democracy in Virginia, |
will go into this contest with ten times
the heart / have had. ii the action of
the Republican party IN coming up to
the support of the Senator from Nir-
ginia and ol,ctiug one of its own trust
ed friends will strengthen the Republi-
can party Ill Virginia, that is political
object which viii greatly advance the
good of the people of the United
States it Is political object for which
would contend Anything that will
beat down that party and build up our
own is justiGablc IN morals and in
law. - gressiohgi record, pqgc
900.
1t goes without saying that the man
who made that uttorlnce in the United
States Senate would and could have no
sense Of shame that would restrain him
from making a speech at Nashville,
Tenn. in favor of reconciliation and
good feelings and against sectionalism
and strife, and making another speech
at Springfield, ILL.,, waving the bloody
shirt in the most exciting and objec-
tionable manner In this latter speech
Mr.. SHERMAN said
LET us pause at the end of the war
and imagine with what feeling these re-
tuning soldiers would have received
the prophecy that within twenty years
the same elements Of hostility to the
Union cause, the same alliance between
Confederates and their sympathizers,
would he in possession OF the presl-
dental Office and in substantial control
Of the Government that the slaves,
though nOminslly free, were deprived
by unlawful means of all political
power. and their numbers counted 10
swell the political power Of their former
owners. Who could believe that such
could be the result? And what a
mockery of justice what a reproach to
our patriotism, what shame to our
loyal people that it is SO.
There is not an intelligent man in
this broad land, of either party, VINO
does not know that Mr.. Cleveland is
now President of the United States by
virtue " crimes against the elective
Notwithstanding murder, arson,
ballot-box stuiiing, forgery, and PERU
ry-but for which james Il. blame
would now be il his place. There has
not been moment since the adoption
OF the fifteenth amendment, when, If
there could have beena fair election for
President, majority OF the constitu-
tional voters OF at least five OF the
southern States would not have voted
for the Republican nominee"
There's malignity for you. Twenty
two years after the close of the wac be-
tween the States Mr.. SHERMAN styles
the northern Democrats the allies OF
and sympa,hizers with the "Confede-
Iates"l Confederates in 1887. Who
except SHERMAN could have descended
10 that sort of demagogism ?-SHER-
MAN, MAHoSE's candidate for President
OF the United States?
MIR. SHERMAN exposes his own false
hoods when in the same speech he
says:
"But they the negroes) are not ut
teily helpless The power 10 migrate
wherever injustice is uncomfortable
should be exercised by every man who
feels oppressed. 1t should be organ.
lied by every community that is
wronged, encouraged by all lawful
means, and this will, in my judgment
be The most potent agency in prevent.
ing injustice. II is the first and most
powerful right Of freedom, more potent
than violence and more certain than
force"
Yes, twcnty-odd years Of southern
ontrages have not induced the negroes
10 migrate. We repeat what we said
several months ago, that they live in
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